Equine Therapy

Working alongside horses provides wonderful insight into how we manage challenging situations in our lives. Horses, just as humans, are social creatures with expressed personalities, moods, mindsets and roles within their herds. Clear parallels between human and horse nature present considerable opportunity for metaphoric learning and deep growth in our personal awareness.

Equine Assisted Learning

Equine assisted learning is a practical and hands-on small group session related to personality traits, non-verbal communication and leadership.

Gwinganna’s equine assisted learning specialist guides you through the simple elements of natural horsemanship (horse whispering), giving you a greater understanding of the importance of non-verbal communication and emotional intelligence.

By participating in this session, you can begin to recognise areas in your life that may need to be brought into balance. Equine assisted learning is an exceptional activity for improving communication and leadership skills, learning how to say ‘no’ effectively and building confidence and self-esteem.

Equine Assisted Therapy

Equine assisted therapy is a one-on-one experience. Gwinganna’s emotional wellbeing therapist often works with the herd dynamics to facilitate the session by inviting you into the large grassy space where several horses are free to roam, graze, approach and withdraw at their own free will.

During this experience, you will gain insights into patterns and behaviours that may be running without your conscious awareness. Your therapist will guide you through several different approaches with the horse and discuss what comes up in the moment. This is a unique session of self-discovery and self-awareness.

Equine Assisted Journey

Equine Assisted Journey is a one-on-one experience that utilises the principles of Journeywork in the presence of the herd with a Journey Practitioner.

This is a unique way of exploring your beliefs. By combining the deep inner intelligence of horses with The Journey, you will uncover the issues and blocks that can cause stress and anxiety. The very presence of the horse serves to support this path of inner reflection and clearing.

Journey therapy is a powerful process designed to uncover the root cause of whatever is preventing you from living a joyful life now. By helping you access stored emotions and past experiences and bringing you to a place of complete resolution of past issues, your Journey practitioner will help you to transform your fear, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, addictions, physical illness and patterns of behaviour that are not serving you. The Journey is a globally recognised and highly praised healing process transforming the lives of people around the world.

Equine Assisted Meditation

Equine assisted meditation is unique to Gwinganna and is delivered as a one-on-one experience, with one horse as the ‘biofeedback’.

Under the guidance of a trained therapist, you’ll work with a horse to connect with your own inner peace. As a flight animal, a horse’s very survival depends upon this awareness and deep inner intuition. By observing and working with their intuitive intelligence, we can connect with our own. Find the stillness and quiet within to begin to notice our reactive selves and connect more with our responsive selves.

“The equine therapy is a unique experience, can't recommend it enough.”

Tripadvisor - Aug 2022